Joe Cocker's cover of With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles) was #1 in Britain in 1968, and was live at Woodstock in 1969
A documentary of how Woodstock came to be, with attention to the backdrop of the 60s and a focus on four -- very different -- principal initiators
Blues group Canned Heat performing live at Woodstock, 1969
A New Generation of Civil Rights Fighters. The Story of Gershwin, Harlem and the Blues. Deport the Statue of Liberty. Cracking the Codes: A Trip to the Grocery Store. When Comedy Went to School. Richie Havens at Woodstock (in memoriam).
Richie Havens was the opening performer at Woodstock in 1969, and this was his first song. Havens died in April this year, and his ashes were scattered at Woodstock this week in a ceremony attended by over 1,000 people.
Richie Havens (1941-2013) opens the Woodstock concert in 1969 with the song 'Freedom.' Havens was an influential musical and political figure for more than 30 years.
Brooklyn native opened Woodstock in 1969.
Kids dressed up like grownups who, unfortunately, are acting like misbehaving children. Written by Marc Black and performed along with a hundred folks from Woodstock, NY.
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